Hebrews 13:4

4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

Hebrews 13:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
ESV
4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
NLT
4 Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
MSG
4 Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.
CSB
4 Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

Hebrews 13:4 In-Context

2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

Cross References 2

  • 1. Malachi 2:15; 1 Corinthians 7:38; 1 Timothy 4:3
  • 2. Deuteronomy 22:22; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Revelation 22:15
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